Written Question·Treasury·UIN 94644

Spirits: Excise Duties

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data she holds on spirits duty revenue generated from pubs in (a) rural areas and (b) urban areas.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Alcohol duty is paid by producers, and is therefore not typically paid directly by pubs. Further, according to estimates derived from sales data collected on behalf of the Office for National Statistics, only around 15% of spirits are consumed on-trade. A...

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